The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-16
ottawa, H., July 10, 1887.
Current Events.


The testimonial of American admirers
of Gladstone was presented 10 the great
comm9ner" on Saturday The presents.
ton speech was made by the editor of the
NY. WorH In reply Mr.. Gladstone said
the conservative and uniOnist opposition
had of cred no objection when money had
beer sent TO the Irish tenants with which
70 buy food and pay their rents but had
protested with much show of indignation
the moment Americans contributed money
70 aid the people Of Ireland In furthering
agitation in favor of constitutional gov
ernm ant for Ireland, ignoring the fact that
England had interfered everywhere
throughout the world
He reiterated his objections 10 the pro
visions of the Coercion bill, which, he said,
Americans would never tolerate, and ex-
pressed regret that American visitors 10
England should witness such spectacle AS
Parliament forcing the bill through in
spite of old traditions, and the fact that the
recent elections showed n change In the
feeling of the electors equaling II per
centum. IF the revulsiOn indicated by
those elections were general the position
of tine conservative and liberal parties
would he exactly reversed.
The debate on Irish affairs has contin-
ued through the week in the Parliament
On the 10Th the Ulster Orangemen Cele-
brated and there we're the usual rows in
various places
The anticipated revolution In the Hawai-
ian Islands has actually occurred accord
ing to advices brought to the States by
steamers from australia, which touched
there. The old ministry has been deposed
by force, and a new one established All
demands made upon the King, for reforms
and a new constitution, have been grantee
by him. 1t Is probable the King will be
allowed 10 remain on his throne. but his
late ministry will be forever drawn from
politics. and Gibson, the head of the cabi.
net, has been arrested, and may yet lose
his head The bottom of the trouble would
seem to have been boodlerism," which
could be cured in no other way.
On Monday the Queen arrived IN New
York from England, where she succeeded
In floating loan of 81 100000 She pro.
fesses not to believe much in the revolu
ton. She Is now on her way to the Isl
ands
Ohio has begun to make her appearance
In politics again, to which state public at
tention Is ..rawn by the effort Of Sherman
20 procure unanimous endorsement for
his candidacy at the Toledo convention, To
be held July eth. The struggle will be
between the Blaine and Sherman wings of
the republican party; and the former de-
clare that II the Sherman men offer resO-
luton of endorsement they VIII oppose 1t
10 the last, so that AT best II will have the
unanimous enforcement Of the state party,
If indeed the Blaine men do not bolt In
body.
There has been, trO, considerable talk of
nominating Thurman for governor by the
democrats; but the Judge says he positive.
ly will not be candidate, nor allow his
name to 20 before the convention.
Attorney Grinnell created sensation In
the Doodle trials at Chicago on Thursday
week, by making motion to exclude three
of the jurymen accepted by both the State
and the defense on the ground of corrup.
ton. Facts were procured, and on Friday
they were bounced. Up to last Thursday
night, after three weeks work, only eight
jurymen had been secured.
The annual encampmeIt of Illinois mil
tia has been begun at Camp Lincoln at
Springfield. The encampments this year
will be by regiments, and not by brigades,
as formerly. If the temperature be an In.
dication of unseen facts, the modern sheol
has been located at Springfield this week
st. Louis men send second deputation
20 Washington 20 invite the President TO
that city la October.
Oscar j Harvey, of the L. S. treasury
department, has been detected liz new
scheme of fraud, by which he has thus far
robbed the treasury of about $1,000. He
was clerk of the horse claims department
and got his money by presenting false
claims for animals and forging the sigma
lures of the various auditors through whose
the YOU hers pass. he has been arrested
On Saturday night a terrible fire occurred
at Hurley, Wis, In the iron region. IL
broke out In the AlcazSr variety theater,
and within an hour the entlre business part
OF the town was In q blaze. Eleven per
sons, mostly women, were burned In the
theater The loss Is placed at half mil
lion dollars. The AlcaZar was vile den,
the destruction Of which, had there been
no loss Of life, would have been looked up
on as blessing, az wiping out sore, the
particulars of whose inlquities are too vile
to be even thought Of.
On Saturday night the sloop Mystery,
loaded with excursionists, was capsized
near New York by squall, and between
20 and 30 merry makers were drowned.
The expected accommodation of Rev.
DR.. McGiynn has been published. 1t ex.
communicates him from the communion
Of the church, iH sscrsmeDts and Its pray.